Determination of chloroplast genome sequence of Magnolia ofeliae A. Vázquez & Cuevas (Magnoliaceae), an endangered Mexican Magnolia

Abstract

Magnolia ofeliae A. Vázquez & Cuevas, a plant species endemic to south Jalisco, Mexico, is a critically endangered (CR) species based on the IUCN Red List. In this study, we assembled its complete chloroplast (cp) genome. The total genome size of M. ofeliae was 159,839 bp including four subregions: a large single-copy (LSC) region of 88,027 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,752 bp separated by a pair of identical inverted repeat regions (IRs) of 26,530 bp each. The GC content of the cp genome of M. ofeliae is 39.3%. The cp genome encoded a set of 113 genes, containing 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis results that M. ofeliae is a sister to all other magnolias in the subfamily Magnolioideae.

Keywords:

• Chloroplast genome
• critically endangered species
• Magnolia ofeliae
• Magnoliaceae
• Mexico

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ (reference number: MT522025) or available from the corresponding author.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2015R1D1A1A02062467] to S. Kim.